The Mysterious Death in Tarpon Springs
Court Junkie
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4.8 • 8.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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In May 2014, 74-year-old Dr. Steven Schwartz was found shot to death in his Tarpon Springs home. Investigators soon found the killer, but was there more to the story?
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| 0:58.3 | slash G-O. Everything you hear in today's episode comes directly from court documents, police reports, |
| 1:07.2 | deposition transcripts, and on-the-record testimony. |
| 1:15.7 | A reminder that everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. |
| 1:22.5 | One person, police interviewed, said Rebecca Schwartz was a devil. |
| 1:28.0 | Another said she was magnetic and charming one minute, cutthroat the next. |
| 1:34.0 | Rebecca was the wife of Dr. Stephen Schwartz from outside Tampa, Florida. |
| 1:41.3 | CBS's 48 Hours, who did an episode on this case earlier this year, reported that the couple met through a dating service. But Rebecca's former daughter-in-law testified that she heard Rebecca orchestrated a random meeting |
| 1:49.6 | after the wealthy doctor caught her attention in the late 1990s. |
| 1:55.2 | According to testimony, determined to meet this catch, |
| 1:59.6 | Rebecca waited outside Dr. Schwartz's office and followed him into Walgreens. |
| 2:05.1 | She then bumped into him inside the store and introduced herself. |
| 2:09.1 | It was game over from there, Rebecca's former daughter-in-law Dana Nichols testified. |
| 2:15.7 | And perhaps that was a bit of foreshadowing for what would later happen. |
| 2:21.8 | This is Jillian in partnership with law and crime. You are listening to Court Junkie. |
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